Still not talking....slightly worried..and sometimes embarrassed.

So, my friend has a daughter who is 25 months and can sing multiple songs, say yes and no, please and thank you, ask questions, make demands, etc. and my son who is 26 months can barely put two words together. The only two-word sentences he can say is "my this" which he says when he is being posessive over an object or "hi dad". The rest of his vocab is very limited. He says, mommy, no, mine, byebye, memo (elmo), juice, bapple (apple), nana (banana), socks, pee, nanny, poppy, daddy, sis, and that's it.. he is tongue tied so he may have a slight speech impediment but he seems on-time in all other areas. He can run, jump, throw, climb, take a slap shot in hockey, use an ipad and iphone to find his own apps but he cannot talk. I'm reading to him for as long as he will stay still and using repetative speech. I don't even care if he says sentences, I'd just love it if he said "please". Is he behind?

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I know exactly how you feel, my son was having trouble talking all he could say was momma, dadda, bye (that sounded more just like a sound than the word) he stopped saying dadda and would only say momma, we got him evaluated he goes to speech once a week, started in Sept, he now says a few more simple words up, hat, eye, ear whatever we can get him to say nothing makes me smile bigger than hearing him say stuff though.

During my daughter's 2 year well visit, the ped recommended ENT eval and speech eval. because of possible speech delay. We have since had the ENT, showed some wax build up but hearing was w/in normal limits. We've also had speech eval by our children's medical ctr which was covered by our insurance. The speech eval showed that she was 1 standard deviation from the mean but was still within normal limits and did not qualify for therapy. I've since enrolled my daughter in nursery school and she's to begin this week. We will see how her going to nursery school will do. I'm hoping it will improve her socialization, speech, and overall motor skills. I'll also continue working with her at home. Hang in there mom, and get all the evaluations you need and remember that all children's speech learning curve is not the same but that's okay. I'll keep you updated on if nursery school is helping.